How is life at 27 in India?

Struggles of a married and employed man:

1. Work really hard to financially support the family.

2. To give proper time, attention and support to his wife.

2. Secure the financial future of the family.

3. Worry about keeping both his wife and mother/parents happy.

4. Balance all his roles as a son, husband, brother, father, employee and other social and personal commitments.

5. Carry out all his responsibilities without showing too much of his problems.

6. Not complain too much.

Struggles of an unmarried/unemployed man:

1. People ask him about his job and financial position tauntingly.

2. He feels both pressure and shame because he is still unemployed.

3. He often worries about his marriage because he cannot marry till the time he is earning a good amount of money.

4. He loses his confidence when he sees men his age having the time of their life with the wife and kids, having jobs, cars and other luxurious things.

5. He, apart from struggling in his studies, his lookout for jobs, financial problems, romantic drought, social denial, also faces a lot of judgment from his own self about his self-worth.

Struggles of a married/employed woman:

1. Her biggest struggle is to keep a balance between her work and her home.

2. A healthy equation with husband, in-laws, her own birth family, and all other social relations she needs to keep as a priority.

3. To ensure the health of all the family members.

4. To ensure the valuable upbringing of the next generation and to take care of the old generation.

5. To keep her romance alive with her husband.

6. To manage the finance of the home in the best way possible.

7. To be a great daughter, daughter-in-law, sister, wife, and mother.

Struggles of an unmarried/unemployed woman:

1. If she doesn't want to get married yet, she has a problem.

2. If she wants to get married but men are rejecting her, she has a problem.

3. If she wants to get married but she's rejecting the men, she has a problem.

4. If she's educated, yet not getting a good job, she has a problem.

5. All her life revolves around listening to family, friends, relatives, neighbors, and everyone around her how she is getting too old to get married to a good man.

6. Social media becomes depressing for her. Almost all her friends and old classmates are married, and some are even having babies. She sees women spending quality time with their husband at exotic vacations.

7. She avoids social gatherings because of the dreaded question, 'When are you getting married?'

All in all, life at 27 isn't easy for most people. No matter if a person is a man or a woman, employed or unemployed, married or unmarried, with a kid or without a kid, a person at 27 will always have struggles according to their situation.

And frankly speaking, it is just the start of serious, responsible, accountable, scary adulthood.